Clathromangelia libyca

Clathromangelia libyca is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Clathromangelia libyca
Shell of Clathromangilia libyca (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Clathromangelia
Species:
C. libyca
Binomial name
Clathromangelia libyca
(Cuvillier, 1933)
Synonyms

Clathromangilia libyca Cuvillier, 1933 (original combination)

Distribution

Fossils of this extinct species were found in Eocene strata in Egypt.

References

  • Cuvillier (J.), 1933 - Nouvelle contribution à la paléontologie du nummulitique égyptien. Mémoires de l'Institut d'Égypte, t. 22, p. 1-76


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